Abstract
The German Palatinate produced the ancestors of Henry Morrison Flagler, American oil magnate, railroad builder and developer. The Fleglers (as the name was then spelled) left the Palatinate in 1688 as a result of the devastating wars of Louis XIV, and went to Holland for safety. Among the family was one Zacharra Flegler, who strayed away from Holland to England, and worked for several years in Walworth as a carpenter, among other Palatines who had fled their native home. Life offered little in England as compared to the stories he had heard concerning America, so he left Walworth early in 1710, and arrived in New York in June of the same year. He settled in Dutchess county, New York, and here on the banks of the Hudson river was planted the Flagler background in America.
Recommended Citation
Martin, S. Walter
(1946)
"Henry Morrison Flagler,"
Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 25:
No.
3, Article 5.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol25/iss3/5
